I have been supporting high responsibility individuals
with questions of character and purpose for nearly 15 years.

Here is some of my experience.

For High Character Leadership

  • Boards and executives with the person they feel they could or ought to be

  • Politicians carrying profile and responsibility in difficult environments far from home

  • Family office principals explore a more progressive form of stewardship against the grain of norms

  • Commonwealth leaders in a programme across the fellowship of nations

  • Community based small group journeys within the commercial, not-for-profit and religious spheres

For High Purpose Business

  • Founding UK B Corp, now the world’s gold standard community and certification for purpose led business

  • Shoremount as own consulting and advisory firm for over ten years covering investor, SME and large co. contexts

  • Impact investment fund Investment Committee for UK’s leading, multi-award winning impact investment funds, Resonance

  • Blueprint for Better Business Senior Advisor, advising FTSE and financial institutions on purpose

  • Pensions for Purpose Non Exec Director, supporting asset managers and pension funds on impact investing

Content & Speaking

Testimonials

“Over years of discussions with leading board Chairs, NEDs and global CEO’s, I have witnessed this paradox: a conviction that things must change and yet a personal brain-freeze and gutlessness that perpetuates the status quo. In meeting John Featherby, I found a highly articulate advisor already inhabiting the future of sustainable and flourishing business and the inherent re-imagination of the relationship between employer and employees in a thriving workforce. I recommend him to any leader brave enough to be on the right side of history earlier than most.”
— Managing Partner, Board & Executive Search Firm
“Being able to have a discreet conversation with someone who isn’t working alongside us on a day to day basis yet understands the landscape is of great personal and strategic benefit. It’s also a relief to have someone available that isn’t only interested in selling me a project.”
— Chairman, Institutional Investor Group
“John is a uniquely gifted coach and advisor. He brings a warmth and wisdom that combines a deep and practical understanding of business challenges with a profoundly human empathy. John’s counsel, support and practical guidance was absolutely invaluable at a time of major professional and personal challenge and I would have struggled to navigate it without him.”
— Head of Strategy, Global Professional Services Firm
“John has helped us re-define our strategy and change our business model to create new opportunities and focus on long-term ambitions. We now look set to generate a marked improvement not only in financial returns but also in the way we interact with our local community, the environment and wider stakeholders. Importantly, I am also now enjoying my personal role and am excited about the future.”
— Principal, Family Office